青年

See also: 靑年

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	year
simp. and trad. (青年)		青	年
anagram		年青

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ nin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-ngièn / chhiâng-ngiàn
• Min Dong (BUC): chĭng-nièng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-liân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cên¹ ni⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): qin nyi (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qīngnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingnian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingnián
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ njɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ nin⁴
    • Yale: chīng nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ niːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-ngièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang´ ngienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ²⁴ ɲi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-ngiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang´ ngianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ ngian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ²⁴ ɲi̯an¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chĭng-nièng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵ nˡieŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-liân
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhenglieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cên¹ ni⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheⁿ nî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ ni⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: qin nyi (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɪɲ⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

Noun

青年

1. youth; adolescence (period)
2. young person; youngster; youth (person)

   佛系青年  ―  fóxì qīngnián  ―  zen youth (slang)

Derived terms

• 大青年
• 憤怒青年／愤怒青年 (fènnù qīngnián)
• 文藝青年／文艺青年 (wényì qīngnián)
• 知識青年／知识青年 (zhīshi qīngnián)
• 青少年 (qīngshàonián)
• 青年人 (qīngniánrén)
• 青年仔
• 青年商店

• 青年問題／青年问题
• 青年守則／青年守则
• 青年旅舍 (qīngnián lǚshè)
• 青年旅館／青年旅馆 (qīngnián lǚguǎn)
• 青年會／青年会
• 青年有為／青年有为
• 青年期 (qīngniánqī)
• 青年節／青年节 (Qīngniánjié)

Proper noun

青年

1. (～村) Qingnian (a village in Yonglong, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	年
せい Grade: 1	ねん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) せーねん [sèénéń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [se̞ːnẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

青年 (hiragana せいねん, rōmaji seinen)

1. a young man; a youth
   • 2017 April 15, “星せい杯はいに誘いざなわれし者もの [Beckoned by the Star Chalice]”, in CODE OF THE DUELISTコード・オブ・ザ・デュエリスト, Konami:

     機 (き)怪 (かい)との戦 (たたか)いに明 (あ)け暮 (く)れる青 (せい)年 (ねん)。

     Kikai to no tatakai ni akekureru seinen.

     A youth who devotes himself to fighting Mechstrosities.

Synonyms

• 若者 (わかもの) (wakamono)
• 若人 (わこうど) (wakōdo)

Derived terms

• 青年期 (せいねんき) (seinenki, “adolescence”)
• 青年団 (せいねんだん) (seinendan, “association of youth”)

See also

• 子供 (こども) (kodomo, “child”)
• 少年 (しょうねん) (shōnen, “young boy”)
• 少女 (しょうじょ) (shōjo, “young girl”)
• 女性 (じょせい) (josei, “lady, adult woman”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
青	年

Noun

青年 • (cheongnyeon) (hangeul 청년)

1. Alternative form of 靑年 ("youth").

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
青	年

Adjective

青年

1. Hán tự form of thanh niên (“related to young”).